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United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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United Team of Germany

United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Competitors
  
293 (238 men, 55 women) in 17 sports

Flag bearer
  
Fritz Thiedemann (equestrian)

MedalsRanked 4th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal12191142

Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic; GDR) and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany; FRG) competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.

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Cycling

14 male cyclists represented Germany in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Egon Adler
  • Erich Hagen
  • Bernhard Eckstein
  • Gustav-Adolf Schur
    • Team time trial
  • Gustav-Adolf Schur
  • Egon Adler
  • Erich Hagen
  • Günter Lörke
    • Sprint
  • August Rieke
  • Günter Kaslowski
    • 1000m time trial
  • Dieter Gieseler
    • Tandem
  • Jürgen Simon
  • Lothar Stäber
    • Team pursuit
  • Siegfried Köhler
  • Peter Gröning
  • Manfred Klieme
  • Bernd Barleben

    • Fencing

    19 fencers, 13 men and 6 women, represented Germany in 1960.

    Men's foil
  • Eberhard Mehl
  • Tim Gerresheim
  • Jürgen Brecht
    • Men's team foil
  • Jürgen Brecht, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Theuerkauff
    • Men's épée
  • Paul Gnaier
  • Georg Neuber
  • Dieter Fänger
    • Men's team épée
  • Paul Gnaier, Fritz Zimmermann, Dieter Fänger, Georg Neuber, Helmut Anschütz, Walter Köstner
    • Men's sabre
  • Jürgen Theuerkauff
  • Walter Köstner
  • Wilfried Wöhler
    • Men's team sabre
  • Dieter Löhr, Jürgen Theuerkauff, Wilfried Wöhler, Peter von Krockow, Walter Köstner
    • Women's foil
  • Heidi Schmid
  • Helga Mees
  • Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger
    • Women's team foil
  • Heidi Schmid, Helga Mees, Helga Stroh, Helmi Höhle, Gudrun Theuerkauff, Rosemarie Weiß-Scherberger

    • Field hockey

    Fourteen male field hockey players competed in 1960, when the German team finished in 7th place.

  • Carsten Keller
  • Christian Büchting
  • Dieter Krause
  • Eberhard Ferstl
  • Günther Ullerich
  • Helmut Nonn
  • Herbert Winters
  • Hugo Budinger
  • Klaus Greinert
  • Klaus Woeller
  • Norbert Schuler
  • Werner Delmes
  • Willi Brendel
  • Wolfgang End

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Germany in 1960.

    Individual
  • Wolfgang Gödicke
  • Dieter Krickow
  • Ralf Berckhan
    • Team
  • Wolfgang Gödicke
  • Dieter Krickow
  • Ralf Berckhan

    • Shooting

    Ten shooters represented Germany in 1960. Peter Kohnke won gold in the 50 m rilfe, prone and Klaus Zähringer won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

    25 m pistol
  • Heinz Franke
  • Heinrich Gollwitzer
    • 50 m pistol
  • Horst Kadner
  • Wolfgang Losack
    • 300 m rifle, three positions
  • Hans-Joachim Mars
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Klaus Zähringer
  • Bernd Klingner
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Peter Kohnke
  • Bernd Klingner
    • Trap
  • Gerhard Aßmus
  • Heinz Kramer

    • References

    United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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